Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God The parallelism with St James (James 4:10) will again be noticed, but the thought is one which occurs in many forms elsewhere (Job 22:29; Proverbs 29:23; Matthew 23:12; Luke 1:52; Luke 14:11; Luke 18:14). The plural "the mighty hand of God," reproduces the LXX. version of Deuteronomy 3:24.

in due time The promise is purposely left in this vague indeterminate form. St Peter does not say that the exaltation of victory will come in this life. He does not say either, that it will not come till the Resurrection. He is certain, with the full assurance of faith, that this is God's law of retribution, and he is content to leave "the times and the seasons" in the Father's hands, certain that the season chosen will be the right one.

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